5. Avoid the pitfalls of muddled fantasy book writing Writing a realist novel set in a familiar city is a challenge itself. Writing an epic high fantasy that sprawls across imaginary continents and peoples, with many fantastical elements, is a mammoth undertaking. It's easy to allow inconsisten...
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but other authors insist they should be used. Generally speaking, I recommend using them if you want to set up the conflict and tone of the book, and if your chapter 1 doesn’t do this on its own (common when starting from the “Ordinary World”.) ...
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(such as the Maiden, Queen, King, Crone, and Mage.) I’ve talked about these beats extensively inmy series on archetypal character arcsand in my upcoming bookWriting Archetypal Character Arcs(coming in March!). These beats are not exclusive to the fantasy genre, but they are played out ...
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Airships are the name of the game here, which is always a fun steampunk concept, and I love that spires take on a whole new meaning through this world. (The fencing swords on the cover are what drew me to pick this book up in the first place.) The writing itself has an interestin...
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